Blue Jays sign Adam Loewen

[NeverGoingToWin]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/2008/10/24/jays_loewen_signs/

The Toronto Blue Jays signed former pitcher-turned-hitter Adam Loewen to a minor league contract on Friday.

[Nolan]

Wow I wasn't aware that elbow injury was that serious hopefully he can make the transition he's got tons of talent.

[Nolan]

Jays also picked up Bryan Bullington off waivers today, another high draft pick thats had some injury problems throughout his career.

[Schad]

Bullington is a writhing mass of awful, though he did raise his K rate by quite a bit in 2008. At 28 he's solely an insurance arm/possible long man (and we did need a long man this year), but the more the merrier.

Loewen is intriguing; the odds are heavily stacked against him -- Ankiel gets the pitcher-turned-bopper press, but there have countless others that tried and failed -- but there's no harm in giving him a few months in extended camp and then letting him loose on the rookie ball circuit. I'll be cheering for him...he was an immensely talented, if erratic, pitcher, and it's awful to see a guy go from uber-prospect to promising pro to retirement in less than half a decade.

[NeverGoingToWin]

Good article on his background.

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http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=253533[/url]

[Holmes]

Bullington and Loewen?

I wonder if Chris Gruler and Clint Everts is available. Save for B.J. Upton that was one ugly first 5 draft picks in 2002.

[evilRyu]

wow, i never even knew loewen converted into a hitter! best of luck to him

[SCF99]

would sure be feel good story that would be good to see in the Blue Jays favor for once

[Relentless88]

wow, i never even knew loewen converted into a hitter! best of luck to him

Yeah I didn't know either, hope he does well with the transition.